Imagine a 10-year-old John C. Reilly, entranced by the image of Willy Wonka doing a somersault on the big screen. When I think back, I remember how transformative the experience was.”For directors, the movie that most affected them was sometimes the one that made them want to make movies themselves. It just blew my socks off.”Don McKellar, director of Through Black Spruce, saw Modern Times as a little kid. “I remember my parents took me to this Charlie Chaplin retrospective at the Eglinton Cinema when I was quite young. “And I can only hope through my work that I’m touching someone who’s 10 years old right now in the same way.

Source: National Post September 13, 2018 20:37 UTC